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P atentd July 9, 1872.

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UNITED STATES FREDERICK PATENT ,QEETGE W. TOLLEY, OF COXSACKIE, NEW YCRK, ASSIGN OR 'IO HIMSELF AND ALBER'I V. D. COLLIER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,827, dated July 9, 1872.

Specication describing a new and useful Improvement in Cultivators, invented by FRED ERIGK W. TOLLEY, of Coxsackie, in the coun ty of Greene and State of New York.

In the accompanying drawing, .Figure l is a top View of my improved cultivator. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same. ,y

Similar letters of reference indica-te corresponding parts. My invention has for its object to furnish an improved cultivator, which shall be so con structed that it may be conveniently transported from place to place; and it consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the machine to ada-pt it for this purpose.

A represents the frame of the machine, to whichthe standardsB are attached. C are the cultivator-teeth,which are attached to the lower ends of the standards B. D are the handles, which are attached to the frame A and which are supported at the proper elevation by the bracesE. F is the tongue, the rear end of which ispivotedto andbetween the bosses of the semicircular plates G, which have outwardly-projectin g lugs formed upon their lower or straight edges, by which they are secured to the frame A. In the plates G, near and parallel with their curved edges, are formed curved slots g to receive the bolt H, which also passes through the tongue F, and is secured in place by a nut. To the forward ends of the side bars of the frame A are attached arms I, which project forward and incline or curve downward, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and to the forward ends of which are pivoted wheels J,

loosened and the frame of the cultivator turned forward to rest upon the wheels J, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. and the nut upon the bolt H is tightened up so as to secure the said frame in position, when the cultivator may be drawn from place to place with the same facility as a cart. The device G g H also enables the cultivator to be adjusted as circumstances may require.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure' by Letters Patent- The arrangement of the arms I and wheels J, in connection with the frame A, tongue F, semicircular slot-ted Vplates G g', and bolt H, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

FREDERICK W. TOLLEY.

Witnesses:

A. V. D. COLLIER, M. D., E. D. BRAMLow. 

